In 2017, Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH had a population of 142k people with a median age of 41.2 and a median household income of $53,025. Between 2016 and 2017 the population of Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH declined from 142,695 to 142,149, a -0.383% decrease and its median household income grew from $51,090 to $53,025, a 3.79% increase.

The population of Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH is 95.4% White Alone, 1.41% Black or African American Alone, and 1.27% Hispanic or Latino. 2.22% of the people in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH speak a non-English language, and 99.2% are U.S. citizens.

The median property value in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH is $122,000, and the homeownership rate is 73%. Most people in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 21.5 minutes. The average car ownership in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH is 2 cars per household.

This chart presents movement trends over time in the state of Ohio across different categories of places such as retail and recreation, groceries and pharmacies, parks, transit stations, workplaces, and residential.

Median household income in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH is $53,025. Males in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH have an average income that is 1.29 times higher than the average income of females, which is $38,723. The income inequality in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH (measured using the Gini index) is 0.392, which is lower than than the national average.

Households in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH have a median annual income of $53,025, which is less than the median annual income of $61,937 across the entire United States. This is in comparison to a median income of $51,090 in 2016, which represents a 3.79% annual growth.

The following chart shows how the median household income in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH compares to that of its neighboring and parent geographies.

In 2017 the highest paid race/ethnicity of Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH workers was Asian. These workers were paid 1.05 times more than White workers, who made the second highest salary of any race/ethnicity.

This chart shows the race- and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH by number of full-time employees.

In 2017, the income inequality in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH was 0.392 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.82% decline from 2016 to 2017, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even.

The 2017 the GINI for Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH was lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

10.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH (15.2k out of 140k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 13.1%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Males 6 - 11.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH is White, followed by Black and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

From 2016 to 2017, employment in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH grew at a rate of 0.611%, from 64k employees to 64.4k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH, are Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing (4,443 people), Construction (3,956 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (3,530 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH, though some of these residents may live in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

92.7% of the population of Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH has health coverage, with 52.3% on employee plans, 13.5% on Medicaid, 13.6% on Medicare, 12% on non-group plans, and 1.26% on military or VA plans.

Per capita personal health care spending in the puma of Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH was $8,712 in 2014. This is a 5.14% increase from the previous year ($8,286).

Primary care physicians in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH see 1307 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.538% increase from the previous year (1300 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1656 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 561 patients per year.

Comparing across all counties in the state, Scioto County has the highest prevalence of diabetes (16.8%). Additionally, Hocking County has the highest prevalence of adult obesity (40.3%)

In 2016, West Virginia had the highest prevalence of adults with major depressive episode, with 8.26% of the population affected. The second highest is Arkansas (8.13%), followed by New Hampshire (7.98%).

The following map shows the percent of individuals with major depressive episode by state over multiple years.

Between N/A and 2016, the percent of uninsured citizens in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH stayed by NaNk% from N/A% to 7.34%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH is home to a population of 142k people, from which 99.2% are citizens. As of 2016, 1.25% of Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH residents were born outside of the country (1.78k people).

In 2017, the median age of all people in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH was 41.2. Native-born citizens, with a median age of 41, were generally younger than than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of 43. But people in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH are getting staying the same age. In 2016, the average age of all Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH residents was 41.

As of 2016, 1.25% of Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH residents (1.78k people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.7%. In 2015, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH was 1.24%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

In 2017, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH was China, the natal country of 250 Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH residents, followed by India with 196 and Mexico with 178.

As of 2017, 99.2% of Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2016, the percentage of US citizens in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH was 99.3%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

In 2017, there were 67.6 times more White Alone residents (136k people) in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH than any other race or ethnicity. There were 2.01k Black or African American Alone and 1.81k Hispanic or Latino residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups.

The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH as a share of the total population.

2.22% of Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is lower than the national average of 21.9%. In 2017, the most common non-English language spoken in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH was Spanish. 0.924% of the overall population of Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH are native Spanish speakers. 0.414% speak German and 0.121% speak Spanish, the next two most common languages.

The median property value in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH was $122,000 in 2017, which is 0.531 times smaller than the national average of $229,700. Between 2016 and 2017 the median property value increased from $120,400 to $122,000, a 1.33% increase. The homeownership rate in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH is 73%, which is higher than the national average of 63.9%. People in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH have an average commute time of 21.5 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

In 2017, the median property value in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH grew to to $122,000 from the previous year's value of $120,400.

The following charts display, first, the property values in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH the largest share of households have a property value in the $100k - $125k range.

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$53,025

Median Household Income

± $1,031

55.6k

Number of Households

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In 2017, the median household income of the 55.6k households in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH grew to $53,025 from the previous year's value of $51,090.

The following chart displays the households in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

This chart shows the households in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

In 2017, 73% of the housing units in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 73%.

This percentage of owner-occupation is higher than the national average of 63.9%. This chart shows the ownership percentage in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

In 2017, the most common method of travel for workers in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH was Drove Alone (84.9%), followed by those who Carpooled (8.37%) and those who Worked At Home (3.31%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

The following chart displays the households in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Darke, Shelby & Preble Counties PUMA, OH have 2 cars, followed by 3 cars.